Wire-splicing tool.



J. W. BARTON.

WIRE SPLICING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED APR-26. 191s.

L136,760. Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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JAMES W. BARTON, OF PEQUOT, MINNESOTA.

WIRE-SPLICING TOOL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, JAMES W. BARTON, citizen of the United States,residing at Pequot, in the county of Crow Wing and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVire- SplicingTools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved wire splicing tool and has for itsprimary object to produce a device of this character which is simple anddurable in its construction, and whereby the ends of a broken fence wiremay be readily drawn together and spliced.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a rack bar,a member mounted upon said rack bar for sliding movement and providedwith wire clamping means, said rack bar having one of its endsconstructed to receive a loop formed on one end of the wire and meansmounted upon said sliding member for engagement with the teeth of therack bar to slide said member whereby the wire ends are drawn past eachother.

A still further object of the invention is to produce a wire splicingtool which is light in weight and can therefore be easily and quicklymanipulated by the operator, said tool being capable of manufacture atcompara-tively small cost.

ith the above and other objects in View as will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,combinations and arrange ments of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is atop plan view of a wire splicing tool embodying the preferredconstruction of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 1 is a detailperspective view of the slide bar.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the body bar of thetool which is of rectangular form and is provided upon its upper andlower edges with the notches 6, the notches on the respective edges ofthe bar alternating with each other. To one end of this body bar, asuitable bearing Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 26, 1913.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915. Serial No. 763,854.

block 7 is secured or may be integrally formed therewith and is adaptedto be en gaged by the post or other stationary object or against thebody of the operator. The other end of the body bar has a head 8integrally formed thereon, and this head is provided with an open endedslot 9 forming the spaced longitudinally extending arms 10. Each ofthese arms is provided with a notch 11, the purpose of which will bemore fully pointed out in the following description.

A slide bar 12 is longitudinally movable upon the body bar. This slidebar consists of the end blocks 13 which are integrally connected bymeans of the longitudinal bar 14. These blocks are also formed withrectangular openings 15 to receive the body bar 5, said bar and theconnecting bar 1 1 being disposed in spaced parallel relation. The upperand lower ends of each of the blocks 13 are beveled or inclined, inrelatively opposite directions as indicated at 16. The block 13 which islocated nearest to the head 8 on the end of the body bar is provideduponone of its side faces with a shoulder 17, and upon said block a cam18 is pivotally mounted, said cam being adapted for gripping engagementwith one of the wire ends W to securely hold the same upon the shoulder17.

The operating lever 19 is provided upon one end with spaced arms 20 oneof which extends between the body bar 5 and the slide bar 12, said armbeing fulcrumed upon the bar 14 intermediate of its ends as indicated at21. The other arm of the operating lever is disposed across the outerface of the body bar 5. Between these arms of the operating lever, thedogs 22 are said dogs being located upon opposite sides ofthe body bar 5and adapted for engagement with the respective notched edges thereof.These dogs at one of their ends are reduced in width for engagement withthe beveled faces 16 of one of the blocks 13, of the member 12, toalternately force the opposite ends of said dogs into engagement withthe notched edges of the rack bar as the lever 19 is manipulated.

In the use of my improved tool, the same is arranged, as shown in Fig.1, with the lever 19 extending horizontally toward the operator, and aloop L is provided in the end of one of the wire strands W and engagedin the notches 11 provided upon the end of the body bar 5. The otherwire in pivotally mounted,

dicated at W, is passed under and through 'the loop L upwardly betweenthe arms 10 and longitudinally over the bar 5. The end of this latterwire is secured to the slide bar 12 by means of the cam 18. The operatornotvmanipulates the lever 19 to alternately engage the dogs thereon withthe respective notched edges of the body bar, whereby the slide bar 12is moved longitudinally upon the bar 5 away from the head 8, thusstretching the ends of the wire in 0-pposite directions and drawing thesame past each other. It is, of course understood that the block 7 onthe end of the body bar 5 is engaged with a post or with the body of theoperator. The operator grasps the bar 5 in one hand and with the otheroperates the lever 19. After the wire is sufficiently tight, theoperator swings the tool upon the loop L so as to bend the wire W aroundsaid loop. The operator now grasps the wire W and loosens the clamp 18.The end of the wire is then twisted upon itself close to the loop L sothat the wires'are properly connected together and a tight connectionbetween the same maintained. In this manner, it will be seen that thewires may be quickly stretched and spliced together.

By mounting the cam lever 18 upon the slide bar 12 with respect to theslot 9 in the end of the body bar as illustrated in the drawing, it willbe appreciated that the wire W may be very easily and quickly threadedthrough said slot and secured to the head of the slide bar by said cam.This arrangement of the lever 18 and slot 9 also affords a direct pullupon the wire when the same is stretched.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and manner ofoperation of my improved wire splicing tool will be clearly and fullyunderstood. By means of the same, the ends of a broken wire may be veryeasily, quickly and securely spliced together.

Owing to the extremely simple construction of the invention, it will beappreciated that the same is very strong anddurable in bar providedalong its opposite edges with alternating notches andat each end with arigid head, one of which is longitudinally and transversely slotted,-aslide bar provided at its ends with channeled heads to receive thebody-bar, a wire gripping camcarried by one of the heads, an operatinglever havlng one end bifurcated to provide arms to straddle thebody-bar, a pivot connecting the arms and the body-bar, and dogs pivotedbetween the lever arms and arranged to engage the notches in thebody-bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two witnesses. I

JAMES W. BARTON. Witnesses:

GwiN A. HOLMAN, JAMES M. ATWATER.

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Washington, D. G.

